TimeZone defaults.

[Greg Lewis]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 03:57:26PM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote:
>     0:baldur-/tmp,3:52pm> date
>     Wed Nov 12 15:53:01 NZDT 2003
>     0:baldur-/tmp,3:53pm> java tztest
>     Greenwich Mean Time
>     0:baldur-/tmp,3:53pm> java -version
>     java version "1.4.2-p5"
>     Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-p5-root_12_nov_2003_10_06)
>     Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-p5-root_12_nov_2003_10_06, mixed mode)

I looked into this when it was reported earlier, but unfortunately it
worked for me (and still does).  I'll have to try a few different time
zone settings and try and get a feel for which ones break.

> date
Tue Nov 11 22:22:55 MST 2003
> java tztest
Mountain Standard Time

> Here's the code for tztest.java:
> 
>     import java.util.TimeZone;
>     public class tztest
>     {
>             public static void
>             main (
>              String args [])
>             {
>                     TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault ();
> 
>                     System.out.println (tz.getDisplayName ());
>             }
>     }
> 
> TimeZone.getTimeZone(String id) *does* work, so there is a workaround,
> but TimeZone.getDefault() isn't picking the Host-System's TimeZone
> setting.
> 
> I'll raise a PR for it if no one here knows of a quick fix.

Please put a PR in, its too easy to lose track otherwise.

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